Tool-handle.



T. S. BENISON.

TOOL HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-28,1916.

12L655o Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

ammo u THOMAS S. BENISON, OF EAST FLAT-ROCK, NORTH CAROLINA.

TOOL-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

Application filed December 28, 1916. Serial No. 139,400.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. BENISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Flat. Rock, in the county of Henderson and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Handles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to tool handles and particularly to means for capping or reinforcing the end of the handle to prevent it being battered.

The general object of the invention is to provide means for reinforcing or capping the end of a tool handle which shall be so attached to the handle as to be incapable of removal or loosening and so as to practically become an integral part of the handle, and a further object is to provide a construction of this kind which is very easily and cheaply applied to the handle itself, which will act to balance the handle and will be advantageous in a variety of ways.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cap or reinforce for the ends of tools which will not come off.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is an elevation of a tool, the butt end of the handle being in section to show my improved capping I and reinforcing means;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the handle in a plane at right angles to the section in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross section on Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the llne 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to these figures, 1O designates a tool handle for any suitable tool such as a hammer, a screwdriver, chisels, files, etc., though I have illustrated it as a hammer handle. The handle is initially formed with a longitudinally extending bore 11 extending inward from the butt end of the handle and disposed preferably on the longitudinal axis of the handle. From the bore extend a plurality of radial branches 12 which may be disposed at different points along the bore. I have shown two sets of these branches but more or less may be used. In the butt end of the handle two or more recesses 13 are formed. The metal cap is designated 14. This is provided with a shank 15 that exthe line 3 of tends into the longitudinal bore 11 and with integral branches 16 extending through the branch bores 12. The shank 15 with its branches 1G exactly fits the bore 11 and the branch bores 12. The cap'l4 is also formed with inwardly projecting studs 17 which exactly fit the recesses 13.

This cap with its shank and branches is formed and connected to the handle by melting the metal of which the cap and shank is composed and pouring the molten metal into the handle, whereupon the molten metal will fill up the bore 11 and the branches 16 and the recesses 13 so that the molten metal will exactly fill these various passages and when cool will entirely fill these passages and rigidly connect the cap to the handle. Of course it will be understood that I use a suitable mold for inclosing the butt end of the handle and closing the ends of the branches 12 and forming the cap. However, the ends of the branches 12 may be left sufiiciently open to provide vents for the gases and then the fins which will project through the ends of the passages exterior to the handle may be readily filed away and the handle dressed. As before stated, I do not wish to be limited to any particular form of tool to which this ban dle may be applied. Handles constructed in accordance with this invention may be used on screwdrivers, chisels, hammers, and all sorts of small tools.

It will be noted that the studs 17 which fit the recesses 13 act to prevent any rotation of the cap 14 relative to the shank 15, in other words resist any strain which would tend to wrench the cap 14 from the shank 15. It will also be noted that not only is the butt end of the handle protected by the cap 14, but the handle is strengthened and reinforced by the longitudinally extending shank 15 and the branches 16.

What I claim is:

1. A tool handle having a bore in its end and having lateral bores or branches extending from the first named bore, and a metallic cap covering said end and having an integral shank extending into the central bore and filling said bore, and integral branches extending into and filling up the lateral or branch bores.

2. A tool handle having a bore in its end and having lateral branch bores extending from the first named bore to the exterior of the handle, and an integral metal cap covering the butt end of the handle and having an integral shank extending into and filling the bore and integral branches extending into and filling up the lateral bores or branches, said cap, shank and branches be ing cast upon the handle.

3. The method of reinforcing tool handles which consists in forming a bore in the handle With branch bores extending radially therefrom to the exterior of the handle and then casting metal into said central bore and the branch bores and over the butt end of the handle to form a cap therefor.

4. A tool handle having a bore in its end and having lateral branch bores extending from the first named bore to the exterior of Gonies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the the handle, a metal cap covering the butt end of the handle and having an integral shank extending into and filling the bore and integral branches extending into and 20 filling up the lateral bores or branches, the butt end of the handle having recesses and the cap having integral studs projecting into said recesses, said cap, shank, branches and studs being cast in one piece upon the 25 handle.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS S. BENISON. Witnesses:

W. A. NEWELL, RALPH C. ERSKINE.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

